Tech Meme

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: Source: AI coding startup Anysphere, whose assistant Cursor has helped lead to “vibe coding”, hit 1M+ DAUs in March 2025, driven largely by word-of-mouth growth  —  Word-of-mouth growth has helped turn a 60-person startup into one of the early hits of the generative AI era. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samantha Subin / CNBC: US tech stocks fall for a third session after Trump’s tariffs as markets open: Apple and Tesla drop 5%+, while Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet fall ~1%  —  – Tech stocks attempted to bounce back as markets rallied despite President Trump’s tariff plans Lees verder op Tech Meme

Megan Farokhmanesh / Wired: Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser says the company is “actively assessing” the impact of US tariffs, and they “weren’t factored into” Switch 2 pricing  —  Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser tells WIRED the company is still figuring out how to address tariffs … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mathieu Pollet / Politico: Huawei says it “terminated the employment of two individuals” on April 1 and suspended a third on April 2 for their alleged involvement in EU political bribery  —  BRUSSELS — Huawei has fired two employees and suspended a third for their alleged involvement in a bribery investigation surrounding … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Logan Plant / IGN: Q&A with Nintendo of America VP of Product Bill Trinen on pricing first-party games like Mario Kart World at $80, Joy-Con 2 and using it as a mouse, and more  —  On price, mouse controls, and a lot more. … Nintendo has finally pulled back the curtain on Nintendo Switch 2 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Chinese outlet Caijing: Microsoft’s joint venture Wicresoft will cease China operations on April 8, cutting ~2,000, after ending outsourced post-sales support  —  Microsoft’s (MSFT.O) joint venture Wicresoft will cease its China operations from Tuesday, a move that will lead to the layoff … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sam Tobin / Reuters: Filing: the UK Investigatory Powers Tribunal confirms Apple is appealing against a UK order to create an encryption “back door”, and says the case can be public  —  Apple (AAPL.O) is appealing against a British government order to create a “back door” to its encrypted cloud storage systems … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: TSMC’s and Foxconn’s stocks closed down 9.98% and 9.77% on April 7 as US tariffs roil global supply chains; the US’ 32% tariff on Taiwan is among Asia’s highest  —  Taiwan stocks plummeted almost 10% on Monday, the biggest one-day percentage fall on record, in the first trading since U.S. tariffs … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Information: Sources: in recent weeks, OpenAI discussed acquiring io Products, a startup Sam Altman has been working on with Jony Ive to develop an AI device, for $500M+  —  OpenAI in recent weeks discussed acquiring a startup its CEO Sam Altman has been working on with ex-Apple designer Jony Ive’s studio … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jordan Novet / CNBC: Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says an “off-frontier” strategy of building models “three or six months behind” cuts costs and helps focus on some use cases  —  Microsoft owns lots of Nvidia graphics processing units, but it isn’t using them to develop state-of-the-art artificial intelligence models. Lees verder op Tech Meme